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Classical Netagin is syntactically ergative. Word order is subject-verb in intransitive clauses and object-verb-subject in transitive clauses. | Classical Netagin is syntactically ergative. Word order is subject-verb in intransitive clauses and object-verb-subject in transitive clauses. | ||
===Ergativity=== | ===Ergativity=== | ||
Ergative noun phrases use an ergative particle ''wi''. | |||
*''ʔEs-þay hichem.'' = Father returned. | *''ʔEs-þay hichem.'' = Father returned. | ||